21L.B.204 Issuance of an approval of a major repair design

(a)Upon receiving an application for the approval of a major repair design to a type-certified product under this Annex, the Agency shall approve the major repair design when:

1.the applicant has been demonstrated that the repair design and the areas affected by the repair design comply with the type-certification basis and with the applicable environmental protection requirements, as established by the Agency in accordance with point 21L.B.201; and

2.the applicant has demonstrated and declared compliance in accordance with point 21L.A.208;

3.the owner of the type-certificate data, if the applicant has specified in accordance with point 21L.A.205(b)(5) that they provided the certification dataon the basis of an arrangement with the owner of the type-certificate data, has:

(i)no technical objection to the information submitted under point (a)(2) of point 21L.B.204; and

(ii)agreed to collaborate with the holder of the repair design approval to discharge all the obligations for the continued airworthiness of the product with the repair design through compliance with point 21L.A.210;

4.the Agency, through its verification of the demonstration of compliance, has not found:

(i)any non-compliances with the type-certification basis or, where applicable, the applicable environmental protection requirements;

(ii)any feature or characteristic of the change that may make the product with the repair design unsafe for the uses for which certification is requested.

(b)An approval of a major repair design shall be limited to the specific configuration(s) in the type certificate to which the repair design relates.